NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Callophrys (Callophrys)
  Genus - Callophrys
  Subtribe - Eumaeina
  Tribe - Eumaeini
  Subfamily - Theclinae
  Family - Lycaenidae
  Superfamily - Papilionoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Callophrys affinis washingtonia
      Subspecies - Callophrys affinis affinis
      Subspecies - Callophrys affinis homoperplexa
      Subspecies - Callophrys affinis apama
      Subspecies - Callophrys affinis albipalpis